Description
What You will Do
Itinerary:
10:00: Gather at Exit 7 of the People’s Square Metro Station. (The exact gathering time will be announced by the tour guide! During weekends, holidays, and peak tourist seasons, the gathering time and location may change. The tour guide will contact you via text message or phone call 22:00 on the day before departure. Please keep your communication channels open and reply in time. Thank you!) (Estimated time: approximately 20 minutes)
10:20: Take the “Tour Bus Line 1” to the Old City God Temple Tour Area (tour duration: 2 hours). After being led to the central point by the tour guide, you can have free activities.Experience traditional crafts like shadow puppets, tie-dye, or paper-cutting – all protected as intangible cultural heritage. Old City God Temple – Yu Garden Mall (City God Temple): The City God Temple, with a history of over 600 years, was first built in the Ming Dynasty and has undergone many changes since then. As an important tourist attraction in Shanghai, the City God Temple has a long history and enjoys a high reputation both at home and abroad, making it a must-visit spot in many china travel itineraries. It often features prominently in china travel packages designed to showcase the blend of traditional culture and modern charm in Shanghai. For travelers seeking authentic experiences, discussions about the City God Temple can frequently be found on china travel reddit, where visitors share tips on the best times to visit and hidden gems within the area.
Around 12:00, enjoy free tasting of Chinese food in the Chenghuang Temple area, where you can find various snacks and delicacies.
Around 13:00, take the “Line 3” sightseeing bus to the Lujiazui tourist area (a 2-hour tour), a highlight often included in china travel guides and china travel packages for its iconic skyline. Lujiazui is the core functional area of Shanghai’s international financial center, and it is the location of the headquarters of many multinational banks in China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). There are modern building complexes such as the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower, Shanghai Center Building, Shanghai World Financial Center, and Shanghai Jinmao Building within Lujiazui—landmarks frequently discussed on china travel reddit for their stunning architecture and panoramic views.
Check-in: The exterior of the Oriental Pearl Tower + the center point of the three skyscrapers in Shanghai (the exterior of the Shanghai Center Building, 632 meters high, the Shanghai World Financial Center, 492 meters high, and the Shanghai Jinmao Building, 420.5 meters high. These three representative buildings in Pudong Lujiazui are humorously called the “kitchen trio”, and they are respectively vividly referred to as the bottle opener, the syringe, and the egg mixer).
Around 15:30, take the “Line 3” sightseeing bus to the Bund. The tour guide leads the tour of the Bund: Listen to the tour guide’s introduction of the classic human culture of old Shanghai, taste the accumulation of culture, witness the evolution of history, admire the international architectural of the Bund， enjoy the beautiful scenery of different eras on both sides of the Huangpu River， and stroll along the first street in China， Nanjing Road (free activity， enjoy free tasting of Nanjing Road cuisine and dishes). (Activity time： approximately 60 minutes)
18：00， the tour ends， and the tour guide finishes his work. (Send all guests on the sightseeing bus No. 2 for a night tour of the Bund or arrange freely)
You can choose from:
Shadow Puppet Mini-Theater, Suzhou Embroidery, Imperial Wheat Straw Mosaic Painting, Straw Weaving, Chinese-Style Handmade Jewelry Craft, Yuyuan Garden Peking Opera Makeup Photography, Tie-Dye / Bandhnu, Peking Opera Mask, Paper-Cutting
